Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks to the media after a grand jury brought back indictments against former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results, in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 14, 2023.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee both won.
With her high name recognition, the advantages of incumbency and a hefty fundraising haul, Willis' victory in the primary was not terribly surprising. As she moves on to the general election, the odds would seem to be in Willis' favor as well. Fulton County includes most of the city of Atlanta and is heavily Democratic, about 73% of its voters having cast ballots for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Willis and Smith both worked in the Fulton County district attorney's office under then-District Attorney Paul Howard. They both challenged their former boss in theKramer ran unopposed in the Republican primary Tuesday and has already been focusing her attention on attacking Willis. A lawyer who interned in the Trump White House, she has ties to some of the former president's prominent allies in Georgia.
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